Its not just GPS - Google Glass contains the full range of sensors found in sphones
 

Now that Google Glass is available to selected testers, many developers have been left feeling underwhelmed after Google only listed location capability, and no other sensors or functionality. All that is going to change with the discovery of hidden sensors in Glass - the entire range of sensors found in regular smartphones.

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